purpose

purpose is a Noun

Definition:

[1] That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer. As my eternal purpose hath decreed. Milton. The flighty purpose never is o`ertook Unless the deed go with it. Shak.

[2] Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] Spenser.

[3] Instance; example. [Obs.] L`Estrange. In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.